Jonas and I went on a vacation in the middle of August (yes, I am aware that it is the end of October... I'm getting there!). Our first stop was to visit Aunt Laura in North Carolina. We really enjoyed the trip down there, even though it took us 13 hours! We chatted, listened to a bunch of audio books, and stopped to take in some of the views.
Laura and Carlos took us swimming, canoeing, and out for Dim Sum. Jonas loved watching shark week with Carlos, and we had a great time catching up with our friends.
From there we headed down to Myrtle Beach for the rest of the week. We had a gorgeous view from our hotel room.
Jonas' favorite part was playing in the waves and letting them crash into him. He liked playing on his boogie board, too. We had some fun on the beach building sand castles and sand volcanoes.
We went on a helicopter ride that went over Broadway at the Beach and the ocean. Jonas couldn't have cared less about the views, but he loved the headset he got to wear and talking with the pilot.
We also went to Ripley's Aquarium. We loved the walk through tunnel and seeing the sharks swimming above our heads. Jonas also really liked the fish he could touch. We visiting the tiger sharks several times and waited 1/2 an hour for a sting ray to come close enough to touch!
We went on a 2 hour boat tour and saw lots of pelicans and dolphins. They liked to follow the shrimp boats, and even those were pretty neat to see! On the way back to the dock, they asked Jonas if he wanted to drive the ship. Super cool!
We also went to a pirate dinner theatre, but it was pretty dark in there so we didn't really get any good pictures. On the way home we stopped overnight at Aunt Laura's again and drew a big mural of our trip to Myrtle Beach on her driveway with chalk!
It was definitely a fun vacation, and I hope you enjoy the pictures...even if they are over 2 months late!
